Hat-saver and hand-bag.



A. w. POWELL & E. K. LANE.

HAT SAVER AND HAND BAG.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.12, 1908.

919,984, Y L Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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A. w. POWELL m. K. LANE Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

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Inventor's:

p -MMMM UNITED- STATES ALMA WEBSTER POWELL ANDELIZABETH KAT I IARINE LANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

nar-savnnnnn HAND-BAG.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALMa WEBSTER- POWELL and ELIZABETH KATHARINE LANE,

citizens of the United States of 'America, and residents of'the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of New York,'have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hat-Savers and Hand-Bags, of which the following is a specification,"

This invention relates to rain proof hat protectors, or hat savers herein termed, worn by bags such as are usually made of silk and like fabrics with draw-string closures, and which are or may be carried'on the arm by ladies when dressed for the street. The present improvement consists in a combined hat saver and hand bag, and in each of certain novel combinations of parts thereof, all as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

The leading object of the invention is to adapt the new article of manufacture to be adjustable asto size and to present an attractive appearance when worn as a hat saver, and to be readily convertible at will into a useful and graceful hand bag of above description, sufficiently large to contain a pair of overshoes or small parcels.

Another object is to adapt the article when worn as even in a driving rain storm.

()ther objects will be set forth in the general description which follows.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views. showing one and the same combined hat saver and hand bag as itappears when worn as a hat saver and as it appears when used as a hand bag; Fig. 3 represents one-half of the central portion or middle part of'the article; Fig. 4 is afragmentary perspective view of the band or annular part and its draw-strings, forming part of the article; Fig. 5-is a fragmentary detail view of three of the petal-shaped sections of the outer portion of the article illustratingthe manner of threading a draw-string therethrough and Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively top and edge views of two of the petal-shaped sections, showing the means b which rain is prevented from creeping between the sections, as hereinafter set forth. I

Like reference characters refer to like parts in all the figures.

v Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 12, 1905.

as they are ladies, and to hand conform itself to the a hat saver foreffective use Patented April 27, 1909; Serial No. 462,290.

The combined hat saver and hand bag is composed of a circular or substantially circular middle part, a, an annular part, b, to one edge of which the circumferential edge of the middle part is attached, a number of petal-shaped sections, 0, attached at' their inner ends to the other edge of said annular part, and draw-strings, dd and 'e, which interact respectively with said annular part and with the outer ends of the petal-shaped sections. Said middle part a, annular part b, and petal-shaped sections 0, may be and preferably are cut in common from suitable thin rubber cloth having a silk finish, or the like, on one side, which in the petal-shaped sections, at least, would be to view both when the article is used as a hat saver (Fig. 1)and whenit is used as a hand bag (Fig.2). The middle part (1, Figs. 1, 2 .and 3, is preferably and conveniently composed of a single thickness of the thin fabric the side exposed so as to be soft to the touch and adapted to lady's hat and its trimmings, as in Fig. 1, and to form the lining of the hand bag, as in Fi 2.

fihe annular art 6, Figs. 1, 2 and 4, is composed of two tfiicknesses of fabric or of one thickness of the fabric'anda suitable lining,

b, Fig. 4, so as to render it (pocketed, as shown in Fig. 4, and is provide with openings 1,

2, 3 and 4, Fig. 4, in diametrically opposite pairs, through which the air of drawstrings dd' protrude, bot draw-strings terminating in tassels, 5, or the like, and

forming loops, 6 and 7, Figs. 2 and 4, which 100 s form the handles of the hand bag.

"he petal-sha ed sections 0, Figs. 1, 2, 5,

6 and 7, are'su ciently numerous or suffi ciently Wide to overlap each other, both in the hat-saver form of the article, Fig. 1, and in the hand bag form, Fig. 2; and are provided near their outer ends with embroidered eyelets, 8 and 9, throu 11 which said draw-cord e is threaded, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 5; most of the sections having a single eyelet, 8, near one edge, while two sections diametrically opposite each other have each a air of eyelets as represented at 9. The littoral and outer edges of each of the petal-shaped sections 0 are furthermore wired, as represented at 10, for the purpose of preserving the sha e of the sections without interfering with t e contraction of the unwired inner end of each section where it is attached to the annular part b, and is contractible therewith.

shape of the crown of a To prevent the water from creeping in between the overlapping petal-shaped sections open and closed.

In applying the article to a hat, as in Fig. 1, the draw-strings dd and e being unfastened, and the annular part b stretched to its limit orto a sufficient extent, this part is slipped downward over the hat crown and its trimmings to a position where it can be conveniently contracted by the draw-strings d-d, the soft middle part a conforming itself loosely to the surfaces beneath it At i the same time the petal-shaped sections 0 are arranged or arrange themselves around the brim of the hat as in Fig. '1, resting thereon or on its trimmings, and either in a flat position as in Fig. '1 or at any angle made necessary by the trimming on the hat brim. The outer draw-string, e is finally tightened to a sufficient extent to retain the overlapping sections against displacement by the wind, and all the draw-strings may be loo ed, if

necessary, to shorten their ends, as in ig; 1.

' In converting the article into its hand bagv form, Fig. 2, it is only necessary to invert the middlepart a and contract the petal-sha ed sections z,- around the same by means of t eir draw-string e, as in Fig. 2.; the other drawstrings d d bein then available to close the mouth of the bag by contracting the annular art I), while their loops 6 and 7 form the bag iandles as aforesaid.

The shape and pro ortions of the petals haped sections may obviously vary, in cominonwith the fabric or fabrics of which the main parts of the article arev composed; me-

tallic eyelets or attached rings may take the place of the embroidered eyelets; the drawstrings may be either of cord as shown in the drawings or of narrow ribbon; and other like modifications will suggest themselves to those'skilled in the art..

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this s ecification:

1. A com ined hatfsaver and hand bag,

- convertible from one form into the other and constructed of Waterproof fabric with a soft middle part adapted to conform itself to the crown'of the hat and its trimmings and to form the lining of the hand bag, petal-shaped sections adapted collectively to overlap and cover the rim of the hat and to form the wired to outer sides of the hand bag, and a air of draw strings protruding at diam'etricafiy opposite points and adapted to serve as handles in the and-bag form of the article.

2. The combination, in a hat saver, of a soft middle art adapted to conform itself to the crown of a hat and its trimmings, a contractible annular part'surrounding said mid dle part and attached thereto, draw-strings interacting with said annular part, and petal-shaped rim protecting sections attached attheir inner ends to said annular part andradiating therefrom.

3. The combination, in a hat saver, of a soft middle art adapted to conform itself to the crown of a hat and its trimmings, a contractible annular part surrounding said middle part and attached thereto, draw-strin s interacting with said annular part, peta shaped rim p'rotectin sections attached to sai annular part and radiating therefrom, and a draw string interacting with said petal-shaped sections.

4. The combination, in a hat saver, of a soft middle part adapted to conform itself to the crown of a hat and its trimmings, a con tractible annular part surrounding said middle part and attached thereto, draw-strings interacting with said annular part, petalshaied rim protectin sections attached to sai annular part and radiating therefrom, said sections being provided with drawstring eyelets near their outer ends, and a draw string threaded through said eyelets of the several sections.

5. The combination, in a hat saver, of a soft middle part adapted to conform itself to the crown of a hat and its trimmings, a contractible annular part surrounding said middle part and attached thereto, drawstrings interacting with said annular part, and .petal-shaped rim protecting sections having their lateral edges and outer ends reserve their sha e and having contractib e inner ends attac ed to said annular part.

6. The combination, in a hat saver, of a soft middle art adapted to conform itself to the crown of a hat and its trimmings, a contractible annular part surrounding said middle part and attached thereto, draw-strings interacting with said annular part, and petalshazped rim protectin sections attached to sm annular part an radiatin therefrom, said sections overlapping each ot ier and connected with each other by thin folds of waterproof fabric, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

' ALMA WEBSTER POWELLJ ELIZABETH KATHARINE LANE. Witnesses: GE RGE CASSA,

DAVID CRIMMINS 

